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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
Grand Canyon from Point Imperial, Arizona, c. 1942

Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 3d

“One of the functions of art is to give people the words to know their own experience… Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want.”

An Ursula K. Le Guin gem

www.themarginalian.org/2018/01/30/u...

Ursula K. Le Guin on Art, Storytelling, and the Power of Language to Transform and Redeem

“One of the functions of art is to give people the words to know their own experience… Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want.”

www.themarginalian.org

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 4d

Trump is like the kid in “The Sixth Sense” except instead of seeing dead people everywhere, he sees national emergencies. But it’s not because he’s a hysteric. It’s part of the plan to be our king. My latest www.thedailybeast.com/this-is-the-...

This Is the Real Reason Trump's a Disaster Merchant

Declare anyone you like a national security threat. In fact, declare everything a threat to national security that only can be addressed by Draconian measures.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 3d

"For (us) liberals,@MSNBC is our last, best hope in mass media. Today's a big day: separation from NBC. With CNN likely falling under the sway of the miniMurdochs & their Bari, I pray MSNOW stays true to its 4pm-on soul. We need it now more than ever."

Jeff Jarvis

www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Today is MSNBC’s first day apart from NBC. Here is its new code of principles. - Poynter

The new network’s 10 core principles emphasize fairness, accuracy, transparency and firm limits on AI

www.poynter.org

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 3d

Denton Welch

Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 3d

Very good news to see that an exhibition of Denton Welch's work is on display at John Swarbrooke Fine Art at 11 Fitzroy Square, London from 10 October to 30 October. This portrait of Welch (1935) is by his friend Gerald Leet.

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Robert Hove @roberthove.bsky.social · 3d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 5d

Ruskin Spear

Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 6d

'Tea Table.' (c1940) Ruskin Spear's domestic life was a major focus for his work as were the settings in pubs and everyday scenes in Hammersmith in London, they allowed him to record the atmosphere, incidents and relationships that caught his eye.

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 5d

Ramón Casas

Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 6d

The model in Ramón Casas' 'The Morning,' (1900) serves as a pretext for him to achieve powerful effects of light, colour and texture, using the subtlest of means and the slightest of details - the finial of the bedpost stands out for its linearity and form against the quilt.

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 5d

Fannie Lou Hamer

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 5d

happy bday civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, b.1917, Montgomery county, MS.

“Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I’m not backing off.”

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 7d

Edvard Munch

Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 7d

In 1916, Edvard Munch bought a property known as Ekely in the town of Skøyen, near present-day Oslo. The two-story villa served as his house and studio, becoming for Munch what Giverny was for Monet. This self-portrait was painted while he was visiting Bergen for an exhibition.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18d

PBS doing Gods work here

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 18d

This speech is such an extraordinary combination of lies, delusions, narcissism, hatefulness, ignorance and lunacy that it could have been given by no other person than the president of the United States. It could well be the low point of US public diplomacy in our history.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18d

Everyday covering politics is like marinating in sewage

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18d

They've known it for years.

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 18d

Roy Lichtenstein- Nude with Yellow Pillow, 1993.
Mordecai
@menschohnemusil.bsky.social

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 18d

C.S. Lewis

@litutopia

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 18d

"May your outer
dignity mirror an
inner dignity of
your soul.". - Cecelia Ahern.

~
📷 Rodney Smith.

Jim Beattie
@JimBeattie18

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 18d

Georgia O'Keeffe,
Blue Wave Maine, 1926 #WomensArt

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 18d

Maurice Langaskens

Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 19d

After his capture by German troops in August 1914, Maurice Langaskens spent much of WW1 in internment camps where he produced numerous portraits of his fellow prisoners and scenes of daily camp life. 'The Grenadier André Coulemans (the Cellist),' is from 1917.

Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 19d

Pemaquid Light
Edward Hopper - 1929

Makel
@Makel_art

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 19d

The Refugees, 1931 by Tamara de Lempicka #womensart

@womensart1

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Mark M. Weston @markmweston.bsky.social · 19d

William Blake

Annabel Lee @annabel-lee.bsky.social · 20d

William Blake, The Creation of Light

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